The Boys Next Door

This first act started off very differently. Hearing the title I expected something completely different than what I got. I assumed that it would be about this group of guys that have this tight knit friendship that was a result of living in the same neighborhood since birth. However, that is not what the play is about so far. We are briefly introduced to these characters who seem almost cruel. They get their usual entertainment off of making fun of mentally handicapped people. I have to be honest I have seen show after show make fun of the mentally handicapped but this struck a different cord. I am strating to see the authors writer's style. It is darker than I expected. He is taking this title and unfolding it for me. It proved to me that sometimes I tend to read plays wit hpeconcieved notions and for this very reason I must be able to look at things through a different lense. I am very attached to words on a page so reading these cruel things said to people who could not control their behavior. Some reason I hated reading such cruelty. Not that I enjoy visual seeing such pain because it breaks my heart, but my love for plays caught glimpse of a different scene then what I was used to. I had never seen or read a play where the usual entertainment was making fun of those who could not control their behavior due to their conditions. I had to look back and analyze how many times I have overlooked such behavior in the shows and movies I watched and for me,  The Boys Next Door brought some conviction to my heart. If act I had this effect I am curious to see act II brings me. I will just have to wait and read to see where this play ends up.